102 SATURDAY JANUARY 10 2015 DAILYTELEGRAPH.COM.AU DAILYTELEGRAPH.COM.AUSATURDAY JANUARY 10 2015SATURDAY JANUARY 10 2015 CRICKETSPORT10351 THE TEST FOURTH TEST BOARD Woes in V SCG — DAY FOUR the field AUSTRALIA 1st Innings 7(dec)-572 INDIA 1st Innings M VIJAY c Haddin b Starc...... 0 a worry L RAHUL c & b Starc...... 110 R SHARMA b Lyon...... 53 Burns V KOHLI c Rogers b Harris...... 147 A RAHANE lbw b Watson...... 13 for Tubbs S RAINA c Haddin b Watson...... 0 W SAHA c Smith b Hazlewood...... 35 R ASHWIN c Haddin b Starc...... 50 GREG BUCKLE B KUMAR c Watson b Lyon...... 30 M SHAMI ...... 16 U YADAV c Haddin b Harris...... 4 went forward when Extras (4b, 7lb, 1w, 5nb)...... 17 he should have gone back at Total...... 475 short leg. Eventually he did — Fall: 0 (Vijay), 97 (Sharma), 238 sizzles (Rahul), 292 (Rahane), 292 (Raina), but it was too late. at gully made 352 (Kohli), 383 (Saha), 448 (Kumar), an awkward lunge. 456 (Ashwin), 475 (Yadav). Starc 32-7-106-3, Harris 31- Again, too late. : 7-96-2 (3nb), Hazlewood 29-8-64-1 It was an “un-Australian” (1w), Lyon 46-11-123-2 (1nb), Watson performance by Australia’s 20-4-58-2 (1nb), Smith 4-0-17-0. close-in fielders on day four of time: 680 mins. Overs: 162. the fourth Test against India at the SCG. AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings Lyon’s dropped catch yes- C ROGERS c Raina b Kumar...... 56 to lift D WARNER c Vijay b Ashwin...... 4 terday was a tough chance. It was flying, but they often are in S WATSON b Ashwin...... 16 the slips cordon. S SMITH lbw Shami...... 71 S MARSH c Vijay b Ashwin...... 1 Burns made a real meal of J BURNS c Yadav b Ashwin...... 66 his catching attempt when B HADDIN not out...... 31 tailender R HARRIS not out...... 0 was yet to score, on his way to Extras (b2, lb2, nb2)...... 6 a total of 30. Total...... 6-251 Australian skipper Steve Fall: 6 (Warner), 46 (Watson), 126 Smith put down two chances (Rogers), 139 (Marsh), 165 (Smith, 251 hopes (Burns) in the slips during India’s first innings. Channel Nine tallied Bowling: Kumar Bhuvneshwar 8-0- 46-1, Ravi Ashwin 19-2-105-4, Australia’s dropped catches at GREG BUCKLE The venomous bowling from Mohammad Shami 6-0-33-1 (1nb), 16 for the four-match series. India’s offspinner Ravi Ashwin 3-0-45-0 (1nb), Suresh One of Australia’s finest (4-105) late yesterday would in- Raina 4-0-18-0. slips catchers, broke a - dicate Australia’s offie Nathan Batting time: 164 mins. Overs: 40 blames the home side’s dramas scoring record but Joe Burns Lyon looms as the potential on a lack of match awareness. stole the show as the fourth match-winner for Australia THE NUMBERS GAME Former Test skipper Taylor Test between Australia and today, if Lyon can break through says all the athleticism in the India sprang to life yesterday. for his first big second-innings 769 The monumental amount world won’t necessarily help Smith scored 71 to pass Don haul of in a Sydney Test. of runs Steve Smith has scored you take sharp catches. Bradman’s mark of 715 runs in Australia claimed a first-in- in this series. He’s broken several “The young guys coming in, an Australia-India series. The nings lead of 97 after bowling records, including the one set by they’re very athletic but they Australian skipper Smith has India out for 475. over 65 years ago don’t really have a feel for made a staggering 769 runs in (56) hit his for the most runs scored in fielding,” he said yesterday. the series at an average of 128.16. sixth successive half- an India v Australia series. “Joe Burns, there was panic But it was 25-year-old of the series for Australia after Burns and (31 moved to 7-407 at lunch before Kumar’s dismissal, at in the way he went at it.” Burns in his second Test who the early departures of first-in- not out) shared a brisk 86-run MOST TEST RUNS IN A AUST V INDIA SERIES making 475 all out. The tour- off the bowling of Lyon, THE TWEET A missed run-out oppor- brought the SCG crowd of nings stars partnership. Their 50-run Runs Avg 100s Batsman ists’ tail wagged, adding 123 for came after TV umpire Simon tunity by fielder Pat 19,077 to its feet with a brutal (four) and (16) stand came off 36 balls. 769 128.16 4 Steve Smith (Aus) 2014/15 the last four wickets. Fry judged it was a catch and “Regardless of the result @stevesmith Cummins earlier in the Test knock of 66 off 39 balls includ- to the bowling of Ashwin. Burns, who should have 715 178.75 4 Don Bradman (Aus) 1947/48 Skipper (147) not a bump ball. But video re- @ImVKohli man of the also showed a lack of match ing eight fours and three sixes. Rogers holed out to deep been on 17, belted 66. 706 100.85 2 (Aus) 2003/04 was first to go yesterday, but plays suggested it was an ex- series....amazing performances from awareness, Taylor said. “Joe Burns hit the ball un- square leg at 3-126 after adding The Queenslander posted his 646 92.28 4 Virat Kohli (Ind) 2014/15 not before lifting his tally for tremely close call, prompting both captains.” Former Test player “There was a chance of a believably there out of the 80 with Smith. second half-century of the 626 125.20 2 Michael Clarke (Aus) 2011/12 the series to 646 — a record further debate over the merits on a day when there. You should rough,” Smith told Channel 9. struggled against the spin of Ash- match after scoring 13 and for an Indian player in a Test of the use of technology. young skippers Smith and Kohli know that,” Taylor said of the Australian “To have 348 in front, it’s a win and was caught at slip for one. nine on debut in . series against Australia. led Australia’s continued their quest to outdo each incident where Cummins Steve Smith, and good day. I was hoping for just Smith clipped eight fours and The shadow of Australia’s simply wasn’t enough time as game series. This time the se- Kohli fell to a sharp catch by attack with 3-106 while Ryan other. It’s hard to separate the two. lobbed the ball to wicketkeeper (right) the crowd have above 300.” a six off 71 balls before he was lbw conservative declaration in the tourists held on for a draw ries result is not on the line Rogers off the bowling of , Shane Watson and Brad Haddin instead of throw- a laugh at Virat Kohli. Smith’s side reached 6-251 at to for 70, de- the Melbourne Boxing Day on a lifeless pitch at 6-174. and history is on Smith’s side. Harris at 6-352 before Ravi Lyon took two wickets each. CONTROVERSY ing to the non-striker’s end. Pictures: Phil Hillyard stumps on yesterday’s fourth spite TV replays which indicated Test hangs over Smith in his The draw was enough to No side has chased down a Ashwin (50), Bhuvneshwar Dropped catches at gully by “That match awareness — day of play, an overall lead of a possible edge at 5-165. debut series as captain. clinch the series however for target of over 300 in a Test at Kumar (30) and Mohammed Lyon and at short leg by Burns So much for giving the batsman the some of the young guys don’t 348, with an overnight declar- Despite India employing six Smith set India 384 to win in Australia, who had won the the SCG. India had resumed on Shami (16 not out) helped India added to Australia’s fielding benefit of the doubt. Bhuvneshwar have that and it’s a concern.” ation expected from Australia. fielders on the , 70 overs in Melbourne and it first two matches of the four- 5-342 in their first innings and add vital lower-order runs. woes in the Sydney Test. Kumar was given out by the third umpire despite the ball appearing to make no contact with the bat on its way through to Shane Watson. It was a close one, but the ball seemed Bailey most likely to captain one-day team to hit the ground at the same time as the bat took a chunk out of the earth. It was an ordinary decision and just BEN HORNE selectors to reassess their leadership a World Cup — and Smith is limited gives India another reason not to structure, but at this stage it’s under- in his experience at the 50-over level. employ the DRS. Even Nathan Lyon stood no recommendation has been Bailey, on the other hand, has looked a bit sheepish at the decision. GEORGE Bailey could lead Australia made to the board spent 24 of his 52 one-day matches as into next month’s World Cup, with for a change. captain for a winning percentage of THE QUOTE the reliable Tasmanian in line to be Smith has impressed as Test skip- 54.54. He is as familiar with Austra- retained as one-day vice-captain per during his debut series against lia’s squad as Clarke is, having led “He’s one of those guys who cries at the when the 15-man squad is announced India, and is destined to be the long- them at regular intervals since the movies. He cries when he watches Bambi, tomorrow. term captain in both Test and one- 2013 summer and that year’s Cham- mind you, so do I.” - With Michael Clarke likely to miss day formats. pions Trophy in . responds to Michael Clarke’s claims that the start of the tournament, selectors After being left out of Australia’s Selectors are set to name Clarke in Shane Watson is a bit of a “softie”. face the difficult balancing act of hav- one-day side for the first internation- their 15 tomorrow at an announce- ing two captains taking charge of the ’s George Bailey. al of the summer against South Afri- ment in Sydney, despite uncertainty THE AWARD team during the six-week showpiece, ca, Smith is now undoubtedly a walk- over his fitness. with a potential third in the wings. for Clarke since 2013 and it wouldn’t up member of the . Likely Australian squad: Michael Clarke (capt), was named the There’s a compelling argument to surprise if the status quo is main- But while the pressures of the Test George Bailey (vc), David Warner, , Australian Cricket Media Association’s name Steve Smith as World Cup vice- tained to minimise disruption. captaincy are unparalleled, the com- Shane Watson, Steve Smith, , James emerging player of the year at the captain to mirror his promotion in There is still more than a month plicated ins and outs of leading a one- Faulkner, , Brad Haddin, Mitchell 30th anniversary of its annual dinner. 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